Trumbull, Connecticut Trumbull, Connecticut Flag of Trumbull, Connecticut Flag Official seal of Trumbull, Connecticut Incorporated 1797 as Trumbull Trumbull is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut bordered by the suburbs of Monroe, Shelton, Stratford, Bridgeport, Fairfield and Easton.
Main article: History of Trumbull, Connecticut Originally home to the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation, Trumbull was colonized by the English amid the Great Migration of the 1630s as a part of the coastal settlement of Stratford, Connecticut.
After ten years of unsuccessful petitions, the Connecticut General Assembly granted complete town rights to Trumbull in October 1797.
The town was titled for George Washington's staunch supporter, Revolutionary War Governor, patriot, statesman and merchant, Jonathan Trumbull (1710 1785). The Pequonnock River is the only primary waterway in Trumbull, beginning northwest of Old Mine Park at the Monroe border and flowing southeasterly through the Pequonnock River Valley State Park, Trumbull Center and Twin Brooks Park. The river leaves Trumbull and continues into Beardsley Park in Bridgeport.
Geological Society, at 615 ft Monitor Hill (Tashua Hill) in Trumbull is the highest coastal point on the east coast of the United States.
Trumbull has 871.23 acres (3.5257 km2) of park facilities. These areas include: The town of Trumbull, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company agreed to make a joint Town and State purchase of territory in the Pequonnock River Valley in 1989.
Trumbull Center Route 15 was assembled through Nichols center displacing a home, the old Nichols Store and Trinity Episcopal Church in 1939.
Route 25 runs north to south, merging with Route 8 at the Bridgeport line and continues overlapped with Route 8 (commonly known as the Route 8/25 connector) into Bridgeport ending at Interstate 95.
Route 108, also known as Nichols Avenue and Huntington Turnpike, heads north into Trumbull from Stratford at Hawley Lane.
The Nichols Avenue portion in Trumbull was instead of and its dimensions and abutting landowners were entered into the territory records on December 7, 1696, making it the third earliest documented highway in Connecticut. It terminates in Shelton at the intersection with Route 110 (Howe Avenue).
From 1826 to 1852, the road from Trumbull to Stevenson was chartered as a turnpike and called the Monroe and Zoar Bridge Turnpike.
Prior to the last section of the Route 25 highway opening in 1982, the portion of the current Route 111 from Route 15 to the intersection with the northern end of the divided-highway section of Route 25 was known as Route 25 freshwater Route 111, with Route 111 starting at the Route 25 intersection.
Route 127, also known as White Plains Road and Church Hill Road, runs through the town center from south to north from the East Side of Bridgeport.
The section in Trumbull was laid out to Pulpit Rock in 1705. Route 127 ends at the intersection of Main Street (Route 111) at the Town Hall.
The town's Bicentennial fountain is positioned at the corner of Quality Street and Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 127), near the chief branch of the library and the town hall.
It features the Trumbull town seal and a memorial plaque of donors.
Trumbull's time capsule.
1980), experienced baseball player (pitcher) Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox, 1998 Trumbull High School graduate. A graduate of Trumbull High School and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, D'Elia has traveled to to more than 100 countries on seven continents.
Mark Longwell, All-New England soccer player at Fairfield University competed for the United States men's nationwide soccer team and Tampa Bay Rowdies, a 1977 Trumbull High School graduate. For 2009, Trumbull maintained a AA bond rating on $26.3 million in new general obligation issues.
The total of Trumbull GOs is $98.1 million. Trumbull has approximately 1400 businesses. The Westfield Trumbull Mall is positioned on Route 111, or Main Street, on the town boundary with Bridgeport, has over 180 stores including Target, J.C.
The Hawley Lane Mall is positioned on Hawley Lane south of Route 8 on the town boundary with Stratford, features Best Buy, Kohl's and Target. Located north of the Merritt Parkway and east of Route 8 near the town boundary with Shelton and Stratford, 93,000 square feet (8,600 m2) of commercial space is zoned and includes offices for large firms such as Helicopter Support, Sun Products, Unilever, and United Healthcare. It is also home to the Market Integrity office of the NASDAQ OMX Group. Professional Office Overlay Zones (formerly Design Districts) have been established on certain areas along White Plains Road (Route 127), Church Hill Road and Main Street (Route 111). A combination Business Commercial Multi-Family Residential Zone, or Mixed-use, has been created around the historic Long Hill Green (dating to 1720), to encourage new commercial development. The town amended its Municipal Code effective on October 1, 2012 to establish a Blight Prevention Ordinance pursuant to Section 7-148(c) (7) (H) (xv) of the Municipal Powers Act of the State of Connecticut General Statutes.
The town's grand list assesses the taxable value in Trumbull at $5.114 billion, with a foundry rate of 30.71 percent.
The cumulative value of Trumbull real estate is $4.615 billion.
Public schools are managed by the Trumbull Public Schools System and include approximately 6,955 students, 450 teachers and 240 staff.
The fitness includes Trumbull High School, which is also home to an Agriscience & Biotechnology program, the Alternative High School, and REACH.
Trumbull has two middle schools: Hillcrest Middle School and Madison Middle School.
The six elementary schools in town include Booth Hill Elementary, Daniels Farm Elementary, Frenchtown Elementary, Jane Ryan Elementary School, Middlebrook Elementary, and Tashua Elementary.
The Trumbull Early Childhood Education Center serves as the town's pre-school. Trumbull has a several private schools, including the (non-denominational) Christian Heritage School (K-12) and (Catholic) St.
Trumbull provides adult education in a range of subjects at Trumbull High School, typically in the early evening. Trumbull EMS Headquarters is at 250 Middlebrooks Avenue. EMT-B and EMT re-certification classes are regularly offered.
Firefighting in the town of Trumbull is served by three autonomous and all-volunteer fire departments.
There are a total of seven fire stations, equipped with and an apparatus fleet of nine engines, three trucks (including one ladder tender/air truck), one quint, three rescues, one squad engine, one satellite maxi-water unit, one fire boat, one town-wide command trailer, five utility units, and various support units.
Trumbull Center Fire District (since 1925) Trumbull Center Fire Station # 1 Engine 103 Tower Ladder 104 Rescue 100 Service 108(Dive Unit), Service 109(Utility Unit), Marine 1, Mobile Incident Command Trailer 860 White Plains Rd.
Trumbull Center Fire Station # 2 Engine 101, Engine 102 Service 107(Utility Unit) 980 Daniels Farm Rd.
Nichols Fire Station # 2 Engine 302 Quint 303 Service 307(Utility Unit) 548 Booth Hill Rd.
The Trumbull Police Department was created in 1941 through an act of the State Legislature.
Family Circle periodical has ranked Trumbull 7th in their "10 Best Towns for Families" 2011. U.S.
News & World Report periodical has ranked Trumbull one of the best 15 places to retire in Connecticut. Relocate - America.com ranked Trumbull in their annual list of America's "Top 100 Places to Live". Money periodical ranked Trumbull #68 in their 100 best places to live rankings of U.S.
The National Little League of Trumbull defeated the Kang-Tu Little League of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in the championship game of the 1989 Little League World Series.
The Trumbull Community Women is a group dedicated to promoting civic service.
They meet at the Trumbull Library Community Room, generally on the first Tuesday of the month September through June. The Trumbull Historical Society, established in 1964, maintains a exhibition of Trumbull's past at 1856 Huntington Turnpike on the site of Abraham Nichols farm. The Trumbull Nature & Arts Center is positioned at 7115 Main Street and coordinate trips for fishing, butterfly searches, gardening, outside photography and other nature related activities.
The Trumbull Teen Center is positioned at the barn at Indian Ledge Park and features activities such as air hockey, Foosball, small-town band concerts, ping pong and basketball for Trumbull inhabitants Trumbull's Senior Center is positioned at 23 Priscilla Place.
The Trumbull Library System (TLS) is the town's chief lending library with a staff of fifteen and two locations.
The Trumbull Library (main branch) is adjoining to Town Hall at 33 Quality Street. The town of Trumbull features over twenty homes of worship representing various faiths.
Trumbull Church of Christ Church of Christ Trumbull Congregational Church Congregationalist The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, positioned on Bonnieview Dr., athwart from the Westfield Trumbull Mall Trumbull is served by the following small-town media outlets: Trumbull Community Television, is available via Charter Cable on channel 17 and via Frontier Communications on channel 99. The Educational-access tv cable TV station's programming features coverage of school affairs and programs, Government-access tv (GATV) provides coverage of all town government commissions, boards and legislative meetings.
The Trumbull Times is the small-town improve newspaper, presented weekly on Thursdays.
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